State of Emergency: What to Know About Flint’s Water Crisis

Hillary Clinton vows to help residents.

Water Crisis - Residents of Flint, Michigan, have been living a nightmare since April 2014. The tap water in the town is unsafe to drink and bathe in due to its high levels of lead content. The National Guard has been passing out bottled water to those affected by the brown-tinted liquid. But local and state-level authorities are aware that damage has already been done — including an alarming rise in illnesses among the town's children. BET.com runs down the facts surrounding Flint’s water crisis.(Photo: Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
Hillary Clinton Vows to Help Flint Residents - While on her New Hampshire campaign trial, Hillary Clinton visited Flint, Michigan, and vowed to help the residents harmed by the poisonous water system there. "This is not merely unacceptable or wrong, though it is both, what happened in Flint is immoral," Clinton said, according to the Associated Press. She called on Congress to go through with passing a $200 million fund to fix the crumbling situation.(Photo: AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
FBI Joins Investigation of Flint - The FBI has joined the investigation of Flint's drinking water crisis, the Detroit Free Press reports. Attorneys William Murphy Jr. and Val Washington also filed a federal class action lawsuit on behalf of 31,000 households in Flint, Michigan. “We filed in federal court,” said Attorney Murphy, “because the Governor and other state and local officials must be held accountable for their wrongdoing," in a statement.(Photo: Jake May/The Flint Journal - MLive.com via AP Photo)300 Pumblers Help Install Faucets in Flint - More and more are joining in to provide help to those suffering from the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. 300 plumbers came together this past weekend to install faucets and water filters into the homes of 800 people who have not had access to clean water for more than a year. The water filters will help eliminate lead content from the faucet if there is less than 150 parts per billion in the water, according to U.S. Uncut.(Photo: Tanya Moutzalias/The Ann Arbor News-MLive.com Detroit via AP Photo)

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Water Crisis - Residents of Flint, Michigan, have been living a nightmare since April 2014. The tap water in the town is unsafe to drink and bathe in due to its high levels of lead content. The National Guard has been passing out bottled water to those affected by the brown-tinted liquid. But local and state-level authorities are aware that damage has already been done — including an alarming rise in illnesses among the town's children. BET.com runs down the facts surrounding Flint’s water crisis.(Photo: Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)

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